Cancer Patients Often Excluded in U.S. State Crisis-standards-of-care Guidelines
U.S. state crisis-standards-of-care (CSC) guidelines, which allocate scarce health resources among patients, often deprioritize or exclude cancer…
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Cancer Patients Often Excluded in U.S. State Crisis-standards-of-care Guidelines
U.S. state crisis-standards-of-care (CSC) guidelines, which allocate scarce health resources among patients, often deprioritize or exclude cancer... -
Early Tracheostomy May Be Beneficial in Ventilated COVID-19 Patients
Early percutaneous tracheostomy in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients is associated with improved outcomes compared to management with... -
Glycemia in Early COVID-19 Hospitalization Linked to Mortality
Improved glycemia within the first two or three days of hospitalization is a better predictor of outcomes...
Early Tracheostomy May Be Beneficial in Ventilated COVID-19 Patients
Early percutaneous tracheostomy in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients is associated with improved outcomes compared to management with…
Glycemia in Early COVID-19 Hospitalization Linked to Mortality
Improved glycemia within the first two or three days of hospitalization is a better predictor of outcomes…
Range of COVID-19 Neurological Complications Seen in Kids
Children may develop neurological complications of COVID-19 ranging from mild to severe, a large brain-imaging study confirms….
Hospitals May Consider Relaxing No-Visitor Policies During Pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, hospitals should consider whether their visitor policies are too restrictive and potentially…
Vitamin D Fails to Help in Severe COVID-19
Low vitamin D levels are linked with higher risk for severe COVID-19, but treatment that boosted vitamin…
COVID-19 Hospitalization in Heart Failure Patients Linked to Poor Outcomes, Death
COVID-19 hospitalization was associated with poor outcomes among individuals with heart failure, with close to one in…
Case Report: Fear of COVID-19 Leads to Gangrene
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a documented decline in emergency department visits for medical and…
Common Questions About the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines
Editors’ Note: This article was accepted on Dec. 28, 2020, and was accurate at that time. Because…
The Best ACEP Now Articles of 2020
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